LOCH Ness Monster sightings always cause great excitement but the latest has been branded false again but it won’t deter the tourists from Loch Ness.

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A NEW video that claims to show the Loch Ness Monster definitely reveals a LOG, say experts.

Richard Collis was amazed when he saw what looked like the neck and head of the legendary creature sticking out of the choppy waters as he drove alongside Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands last week.

A self-proclaimed Nessie sceptic who was born and brought up in the area Mr Collis, 58, stopped his car and managed to take some footage and photos on his phone before the ‘creature’ disappeared under the water.

The new images and grainy video went viral online with excited Nessie watchers thrilled at the latest sighting.

“As I was watching, I was thinking what the hell is that! I’ve fished the loch man and boy and I’ve heard a couple of mates saying they had seen something,” said Mr Collis.

“I’m not saying it was a fire breathing dragon and I never saw teeth or anything like that, but I must have thought there was something there if I stopped to take pictures.”

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But leading paranormal investigator Jonathan Bright, who was carrying out research on Loch Ness last week also managed to snap a picture of the mysterious object that looked remarkably like the hoax Surgeons photo taken in 1933.

“I can assure you that this is not the Loch Ness Monster. It looks like a tree log, most possibly put there deliberately,” said Mr Bright, who claims someone may have been playing a prank.

Richard Collis took his images at about 11am and Mr Bright managed to photograph the same object later in the afternoon.

“We stayed there for 5-10 minutes filming it and we have many photos and video that clearly show that the object is fixed in that position only going up and down by the force of the water. It could possibly still be there at the same spot.”

Adrian Shine, biologist and founder of The Loch Ness Project says logs floating on the surface of Loch Ness can often be mistaken for something less ordinary, as our picture gallery shows.

“The way they can move against the wind sometimes gives the impression of swimming,” says Mr Shine.

“My view is that both witnesses are honest in their observations. The fact that these observations are separated considerably in time suggests an inanimate object floating on the surface.

“Richard Collis is a reliable witness and a local resident and has not been involved in any nefarious activities relating to nessie sightings and I have every confidence in him as a witness and he did well to get the footage he did on his phone.

“But the object does not show animacy in the way an aquatic creature might and the loch had a lot of debris on it due to heavy rain last week.

“I think we can be assured that no monsters were harmed in the making of this film,” he joked.

But Richard Collis, who runs a tree planting company, remains perplexed at his sighting: “I’m not one for exhibiting myself and obviously it can be different things, but to me this is what the Loch Ness Monster is.

“It’s like seeing a UFO,” he added. “I’ve seen what potentially could be the Loch Ness Monster.”